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Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure
discussion about pit setups that make the voices in my head scream a lot
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I will never forget the team at an event that had half a dozen people using the lights on their cell phones to illuminate their robot, because they had a POP UP TENT WITH WALLS AS A SHELL OF THE PIT.
This is not an engineering design challenge, this is a project management and common sense challenge with engineering elements. Don't go out of your way to screw yourself.
Most (**MOST**) events have enough house lighting to get your pit well lit if you can get out of your own way. I will on occasion have a backpack at events and do have a belt at events, and after playing The Last of Us on the PS3, I bought a light like
this. Buy a couple of those to get light in tight places and have it handy at all times.
If you have a tall and rigid structure in your pit that serves a function, throwing some LED strips or rope lights up there can get you some cheap ambient light if you are desperate.
I know you are new to IN competitions, maybe you could find out what the house lighting situation is at the high schools and go from there?